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Hope for real reform?

Posted by Nurse Advocate on January 5, 2009 - 1:59pm

There is finally real potential for health care reform. With the election of Barack Obama and now his appointment of former Senator Tom Daschle to head Health and Human Services and the announcement of Hilda Solis to head the Labor Dept, real reform may be on the way.

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Trapped working two jobs just to keep health insurance

Tulsa, ok
Heathcare Status: Employer Insured

My husband started becoming ill in 1999. Over a period of three years, he developed diabetes, chronic pancreatitis, cirrhosis, high output heart failure due to anemia. He took treatment for Hepatitis C and was hospitalized four times in a year, at one point spending three weeks in ICU.

Submitted on May 29, 2007 - 3:27pm.

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insured person denied extended care after disabling stroke

Angelica
Raleigh, NC
Heathcare Status: Employer Insured

My ex-husband Wayne, a 50 years old director of a company with (supposedly) excellent insurance benefits had a stroke at the end of November 07. The stroke has left him paralized on one side and unable to speak, it is very likely that he will need extended rehabilitation and 24 care at his home until he recovers (if he recovers).

Submitted on January 5, 2008 - 1:39pm.

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